News of a field hockey player's death after being bitten by a venomous king brown snake in Australia's tropical north and proceeding to go for a 2-kilometre (1.2-mile) training run gained national attention on Friday, according to the Associated Press. Fairfax Newspapers reported Friday that the 26-year-old Karl Berry was cleaning up at Marrara Hockey Centre in Darwin, northern Territory, on Tuesday when he picked up a snake assuming it was non-venomous and threw it into bushes.
Berry was bitten on the hand but did not realize the bite was poisonous and went on a run before collapsing. St. John's Abulance operations manager Craig Garraway confirmed that Berry was conscious when paramedics arrived. However, he also mentioned that it took Berry up to 15 minutes to mention the bite. He died Wednesday.
Garraway believes that the run may have had an even greater effect on the venomous bite, possibly allowing the poisonous substance to move even faster. "He had gone for a two-kilometre run which pumped the venom around his system much faster," Garraway said.
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